Air Impact Assessment (AIA) application fee

“1.0 Purpose — The purpose of this rule is to recover District's costs for administering the requirements of District Rule 9510 (Indirect Source Review).”

“Every developer who files an air impact assessment application in accordance with the provisions of District Rule 9510 shall pay an evaluation fee for the development and/or review of the air quality analysis and the determination of the Off-Site Emission Reduction Fees necessary for off-site emission reductions. The fee shall be calculated using the staff hours expended and the prevailing weighted labor rate. ... All filing fees paid shall be credited towards the evaluation fee.”

“District: the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District including Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare Counties, and the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin portion of Kern County.”

2005-12-15

“RULE 3180 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR INDIRECT SOURCE REVIEW (ISR) (Adopted December 15, 2005; Amended January 17, 2008; Amended April 16, 2015; Amended April 19, 2018; Amended May 15, 2025, effective July 1, 2026)”

“RULE 3180 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR INDIRECT SOURCE REVIEW (ISR) (Adopted December 15, 2005; Amended January 17, 2008; Amended April 16, 2015; Amended April 19, 2018; Amended May 15, 2025, effective July 1, 2026)”

“When a developer submits an Air Impact Assessment (AIA) application in accordance with the provisions of District Rule 9510, the developer shall pay a non-refundable application filing fee according to the following fee schedule:”

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, the agency that levies it

“If payment of any charges levied under this rule are not received by the District within sixty (60) calendar days of the invoice date, or by the date specified on the invoice, the charges shall be increased in accordance with the schedule provided in Rule 3010 Section 11.0 (Late Fees).”

“4.3 Development projects that have a mitigated baseline below two (2.0) tons per year of NOx and two (2.0) tons per year of PM10 shall be exempt from the requirements in Sections 6.0 and 7.0. 4.4 The following shall be exempt from the requirements of this rule: 4.4.1 Reconstruction of any development project that is damaged or destroyed, or is retrofitted solely for seismic safety, and is rebuilt to essentially the same use and intensity.”

“No applicant shall be charged for staff hours associated with staff training or correction of staff errors. All filing fees paid shall be credited towards the evaluation fee.”

“Increase each of the fees associated with these rules by 8%, effective July 1, 2025, and again by 8%, effective July 1, 2026 (Attachments B and C, respectively). Hourly fees associated with compensating the District for time spent, such as for the processing of permit applications, are not being increased by this action.”